Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though Kristiansen failed in her quest to break the two-hour, 20-minute barrier, the victory was her first over Samuelson in three tries. She led every step of the women's race and was not seriously challenged after the early stages, finishing in at 2:24:33, the third-fastest time for a woman...
Mekonnen--winner of five of his six previous marathons since 1986--made the decisive break and raced away to victory, as Ikangaa, lacking a strong finishing kick, fell back...
...from Chicago than the one coming from Virginia. As the racially divided voting in the Windy City demonstrated, American elections all too often remain a matter of black and white. Virginia, once a bastion of segregation, seems an unlikely setting for a brand of biracial coalition that could break the depressing pattern of color-bound voting. Yet if Doug Wilder wins the governorship, the old bugaboo of racial politics will have been dealt a severe blow...
Without that sea change in Moscow, it would be difficult to imagine the events of last week. There could hardly be more dramatic evidence of a break with the old thinking than the recent events in Poland. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa signing an agreement, smiling even, with Polish Communist officials. The union grew out of economic despair in 1980 and was crushed the next year by the imposition of martial law, one of the last ironfisted displays of Brezhnev-style authority...
...Florida baseball cuts across the generation gap. There are two kinds of attractions here: adult, which means no children allowed, and family, indicating the loud presence of small people. But college students on spring break occasionally turn their beer-dousing noses away from Daytona Beach long enough to take in a game. Senior citizen Jack Keidel, who retired to Orlando some years ago and now works as a volunteer usher at Twins games, speaks for many of his peers when he says that baseball "breaks up the monotony of endless golf." A 14-year-old wearing a T shirt emblazoned...